Congresswoman Lauren Boebert Statement on HNR Reconciliation Package

WASHINGTON, DC-- Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) provided the following statement on the passage of the House Natural Resources Committee reconciliation package:

"I was proud to vote for the House Natural Resources Committee package, which saves taxpayers $18.5 billion and gets us one step closer to passing President Trump's One Big, Beautiful Bill. This effort aligns with President Trump's mission of unleashing American energy by utilizing our federal lands for energy exploration, streamlining our burdensome permitting process to help Colorado's oil & gas producers, investing in water infrastructure, and stopping the implementation of Resource Management Plans in the West that have been created by D.C. bureaucrats and placed ideology ahead of Americans."

Congresswoman Boebert's remarks from the House Natural Resources reconciliation hearing can be viewed HERE.

The language for Congresswoman Boebert's American Energy Act was included within the HNR reconciliation package, which will generate revenue by streamlining the permitting process and prohibits malicious lawsuits from holding up energy exploration projects.

BACKGROUND:

As part of the House Reconciliation process, the House Natural Resources Committee was tasked with passing a budgetary package to assist in cost savings for the American taxpayer. The following background information on the package is courtesy of HNR Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-04), who highlighted the following provisions:

• Reinstating quarterly onshore oil and gas lease sales, generating $12 billion in revenue.
• Mandating at least 30 lease sales in the Gulf of America over the next 15 years and six in the Cook Inlet, generating billions of dollars in new revenue.
• Returning to reasonable oil and natural gas royalty rates.
• Requiring geothermal lease sales, generating $23 million in new revenue.
• Resuming leasing for energy production in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, generating over $1 billion in new revenue and savings.
• Resuming coal leasing on federal lands.
• Increasing timber sales on federal lands and requiring long-term timber contracts.
• Rescinding various wasteful slush funds established under the Biden administration in agencies such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Park Service, and the Bureau of Land Management.
• Investing in water infrastructure in the West.
• Providing funding to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, including by establishing the National Garden of American Heroes.